what they're trying to do, the united states and europe are trying to get the ukrainian government which they believe holds responsibility, most responsibility for the ongoing violence to push their forces away from the square. the square has been the epicenter of these protests for the past several months. thousands of people are in camp there. right now the violence is happening in and around the square because the government moved forces in to try to break them up. as you mentioned, the protesters have been preparing for this showdown. some of them with lethal weapons leading to the killing of these police forces and that's why the situation is turning rapidly violent. the united states, european union, now imposing sanctions on who they believe are the individuals responsible for ordering this crackdown on the protesters. >> the country that seems since its independence in the 1990s gripped in a longstanding culture war between different parts of the country, one of which speaks russian, one of which speaks ukrainian. this gives you a sense of the kind of ukrainian version of red ame